Fountain brush and mop.



B. W. GLOVERL FOUNTAIN BRUSH AND MOP.

APPLICATION min `:uw 26. |915.

Patented Nov. 9, 191".

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BEVERLY W. GLOVER, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0F TWO-THIRDS TO ISAAC W. MATTER, OF WEST FAIRVIEW, PENNSYLVANIA, AND JOHN M. DELANEY, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH AND MOP.

Application filed July 26, 1915.

To all "whom t 'may Concern:

Be it known that I, BEVERLY lV. GLovER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and Sta-te of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFoun tain Brushes and Mops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to the construction of fountain brushes and mops adapted for use either in washing and cleaning automobiles, motor trucks, railway coaches and other vehicles, or for household use in floor mopping, window washing, and generally wherever a fountain brush or mop may be found useful or desirable.

My invention is more especially directed to the provision of simple and efficient means for supplying water or equivalent cleansing fluid to the brush and for separably connecting or combining a brush or lmop, a spray nozzle and a tubular handle, whereby a fan-shaped spray is delivered equally and uniformly to all parts of the brush or mop, the volume of the flow of the liquid to the brush or mop may be readily controlled, and the interchangeability of mop and brush readily and easily effected.

To this end one feature of l.my invention involves the combination with a brush or mop having a loop or general Ushape of a nozzle or spray jet located or projecting a short distance into the loop of the brush, said nozzle having a transverse delivery slit or slot which tapers from midlength to its extremities whereby a fan-shaped sheet or spray is delivered to the interior of the brush loop, said spray having greater volume and force at its mid-width and in the long aXis of the brush.

i A second feature of my invention involves the combination with a brush or mop having a loop or general U-shape, of a clamp having at its extremities gripping members for holding the loop-shaped brush or mop and an intermediate collar member for the reception of the spray nozzle or jet, and a spray nozzle or jet provided with a spring wedge, whereby the connecting and disconnecting of the nozzleand brush or mop is Specification of Letters Patent.

llatented N ov. 9, 1915.

serial No. 41,947.

readily effected and the operative relation of nozzle and brush or mop is insured.

- There are other minor features of invention involving features of elemental construction, and particular combinations of elements, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the drawings chosen for the purpose of illustrating my invention, the scope whereof will be pointed out in the claims, Figure l is a side elevation of a brush, spray nozzle, clamp and tubular handle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the brush, spray nozzle, and handle shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a mop, clamp and nozzle illustrating the interchangeability of brush and mop. Fig. l is an enlarged detail view of the spray or nozzle. Fig. 5 is an end view of the clamp and a sectional view of the spray nozzle showing the parts in the relative positions they occupy when the nozzle is first entered in the collar of the clamp. Fig. 6 is a like view showing the relative position of the parts in their final position or when the brush has been rotated onthe nozzle to effect the wedging of the 'parts and bring the delivery slit of the nozzle in operative relation to the loop brush. Fig. 7 is an end view of the spray nozzle.

Like symbols refer to like parts Wherever they occur.

In the drawings, A indicates a brush and B a mop, which are interchangeable, C av clamp member for establishing the combination of either brush or mop and spray nozzle D which latter forms the terminal of a tubular handle E the length whereof will be dictated by the use to which the brush or mop is to be applied.

The brush member and the mop member are for the purposes of my invention preferably given a loop or general U form which may be readily effected by entwining either bristle l, yarn 2, or waste with wire stands and bending the frame wire of the brush into a loop having free ends 3, 3 for engagement by the grip members of clamp (l.

'C indicates a clamp member preferably comprised of two plates 4, 4 of resilient metal having at their extremities depressions 5, 5 for the reception of the free ends 3, 3 of the frame of the loop brush. and in- 105 termediate thereof larger depressions 6, 6,

which constitute a nozzle collar. The two plates 4, 4 are clamped to the loop frame of the brush or mop by means of threaded bolts 7 and nuts 7a or their equivalents.

The width of the clamp C, and the distance between the grip depression 5, 5 and the collar depressions G, G should be such that the bristles of the brush member will not obstruct the delivery slit of the spray nozzle.

D indicates the spray nozzle, which when in position in the central collar of the clamp member extends but a limited distance into the brush loop. In order that the spray noz- 1 zle D may deliver into the interior of the loop a fan-shaped spray the center line of which is of greater force and volume than its lateral projection, so as to amply supply with water the distant end as well as the laterals of the loop brush or mop, I form the rounded end of the nozzle with a transverse delivery slit or slot 8 which is somewhat wider at. mid-length, as at 8, and tapers thence in both directions to the extremities of the delivery slit which form of the slit insures not only the fan shape of the spray but also increased volume and force in the longitudinal axis of the spray and brush. This spray nozzle D is provided adjacent to the delivery orifice with a short strip or tongue 9, preferably of resilient metal, which is attached for a limited portion of its length to the nozzle D, the remainder' of its length being free to constitute a spring wedge. When the spray nozzle is introduced into the central collar 6 of the clamp member with the tongue 9 in the long axis of the lcollar as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing,

and is thereafter rotated into the position shown in F ig. 6 of the drawing to bring the transverse delivery slot of the nozzle into operative relation with the loop of the brush or mop, the spring wedge 9 will be depressed and constitute an eiicient, yet readilyreleasable, lock between. the brush or mop and the spray nozzle.

The nozzle D may be bent as at l0, to limit the extent to which the spray nozzle shall project into the loop of the brush or mop, and said bend of the nozzle may also be made to serve the purpose of adapting the angle of the handle to the requirements of the user of the brush or mop.

The nozzle D as hereinbefore noted forms the extremity of a` tubular handle E which may be of any desired length, which may be provided with a stop cock F to control the volume and force of the fan spray, and which may terminate at its other end in a coupling member G whereby it may be connected with a hose or other source of water supply.

It will be noted that the loop shaped brush and loop shaped mop are interchangeable and that their combinations and coaction with the clamp and spray nozzle are identical, therefore, wherever in the claims hereto appended a loop-shaped brush is named a loop-shaped mop is to be taken as included in the scope of said claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a fountain brush, the combination of a brush having the form of a loop, and a spray nozzle having a transverse delivery slot which tapers from its mid-length to its extremities, said nozzle arranged to deliver a fan-shaped spray to the interior of the loop of the brush.

2. In a fountain brush, the combination of a brush having the form of a loop, a clamp having grip members for the brush and an intermediate collar member for the reception of a spray nozzle, and a spray nczzle having a tongue wedge member for engaging the collar member of the clamp.

3. In a fountain brush, the combination of a loop shaped brush member having free extremities, a clamp member comprised of two resilient metal sections each having depressions, for the reception of the extremities of the loop-shaped brush and an intermediate collar depression to receive a spray nozzle, and a spray nozzle having a tongue wedge member for engaging the collar depression of the clamp member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

BEVERLY W. GLOVER. 

